1. ATEM Tertiary Education Sector Workplace Survey 2016

2. University Workplace Survey 2016
Background
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Benchmark Survey
University Workplace Survey 2016

3. Methodology and Limitations
Convenience sample, invitations sent to approximately individuals
429 responses, 59 NZ and AUS institutions
Survey was opened for 6 weeks
Sample cannot be considered statistically representative of the sector
Informative value and similar methodology to THE survey
2900

4. Survey Instrument Personal Pay and Conditions Politics
34 statements in 4 sections:
5 point likert scale ‘Strongly Agree’ to ‘Strongly Disagree’
Socio-demographic items
ATEM members specific items
Personal
Pay and Conditions
Politics
Workplace atmosphere

5. Respondents Respondents Characteristics Respondent Characteristic
Percentage
Count
Gender
Female
75.8%
336
Male
21.4% 95
Prefer no to say
2.7% 12
Ethnicity
European Caucasian
90.5%
399
Other
9.5% 50
Country
Australia
89.6%
396
New Zealand
10.2% 45
0.2% 1
Age
22.5%
100
Age 41-50
30.9%
137
Age 51-60
35.7%
158
Age 61+
6.3% 28
Respondents
Respondents Characteristics

6. Length of career in the sector
Close to 2/3 of respondents have worked in the sector for over 10 years Most common length of career in sector was 21 years or more
Close to 60% have been working in the sector for over 10 years.

7. Professional staff
To allow for a meaningful comparison of the ATEM survey results with the THE survey only staff who declared that the majority of their role was professional (n=394) were selected for further analysis
Professional
or Managerial
Academic

8. Findings Highlights
All at pretty much exactly the same level as in the UK so no differences there to speak of.

9. Findings Lowlights
5 items out the 7 lowlights are related to workload issues
One is on quality standards
One on leadership

10. Comparison with UK
% items out the 7 lowlights are related to workload issues
One is on quality standards
One on leadership

11. Comparison with UK
% items out the 7 lowlights are related to workload issues
One is on quality standards
One on leadership

12. Summary
Professional staff sentiment is generally largely positive and similar to UK findings
Some differences around workload/working hours, assessment of leadership performance and with internal quality standards with ATEM survey respondents being more negative than UK respondents on these topics
Obviously some respondents don’t see working more than their contracted hours as an issue as they do not say they spend too much time working.

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14. Supplementary Slides

15. Working Hours per week
‘In a typical week, how many hours do you work ?’
Average 44.7 hours.

16. Respondents Respondents Characteristics Respondent Characteristic
Percentage
Count
Sector
University
90.4%
395
TAFE, ITP
4.1% 18
Other
5.5% 25
Level of Education
Education secondary school
1.8% 8
Vocational certificate or diploma
6.8% 30
Undergraduate University degree or diploma
27.3%
121
Postgraduate University degree or diploma
64.1%
284
ATEM Membership
51.7%
228
Type of employment
Employed Full-Time
87.6%
382
Employed Part-Time
12.4% 54
Respondents
Respondents Characteristics
Almost all university
Very educated workforce (64% at postgraduate level)
Mostly full-time